chink cough

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chink cough

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From chink, a variant of kink (“to gasp, to convulse with coughing or laughter”), + cough. Compare Scots kink-host, Dutch kinkhoest.

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dated Synonym of whooping cough.
Similar: whooping cough

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@misc{chink_cough_2026,
  title = {chink cough},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chink%20cough},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}